I. 2010年9月12日ロンドンにて

ロンドンに旅発つ直前に マクヴィンの子孫の連絡先が分かり，ロンドンに到着するとすぐにメールを出した。するとすぐに返事が返ってきて，13日はスコットランドから用事でロンドンに一泊するというので，ホーランドパークのレストランで会う約束をした。C.H.氏はマクヴィンの末娘アイオナの孫に当たり，現在スコットランド観光公社VisitScotlandの マネージャーをしている。マル島のキルモア・ハウスで生まれ育った祖母の手記を出版し，さらに曾祖父マクヴィンの偉業をまとめたいと考えていた。というのも、マクヴィンは亡くなるとき，遺言状を書き，子供たちに遺産を分け与え，アイオナは写真や日記などを相続したという。長男ドナルドの子孫も刀や甲などの遺品を譲り受け，日本から相当たくさんの美術品を持ち帰ったらしい。

II.マクヴェインの遺品

   C.H.氏からMcVeanはどう発音するのか聞いたら，マクヴェインが 正式とのこと。このマクヴェインの外曾孫にニコラス・ルアードという文筆家がおり、彼はJames McVeanというペンネームで"Blood  Spoor(1980)"を執筆しており、日本では信夫英夫氏により、ジェームス・マクヴェイン『血の臭跡』として邦訳出版された。信夫氏はルアードの口から直接のこの発音を聞いたに違いない。もう一人の外孫のColin McVean Gubbinsも、広くコリン・マクヴェイン・ガビンズと邦訳されており、ここではマクヴェインを用いることにする。それはそうと，C.H.氏が保管しているマクヴェイン写真コレクションはすごいものだった。彼の幼少時， エジンバラでの技術者修行，ブルガリアでの仕事，エジンバラでの結婚と親戚友人，日本での仕事と生活，スコットランドに帰ってからの生活と仕事など広範なものだが，一番興味深いのはマクヴェインの日本での仕事と生活の写真，次いで長女ヘレンの家族の写真。ヘレンは夫のガビンズ（駐日英国公使館書記）と結婚し，再び日本に滞在することになるが，子供たちが10歳ぐらいに なるとイギリスに返した。マクヴェイン夫妻はこの子らをキルモア・ハウスで実によく面倒を見た。写真を見るとColin McVean Gubbinsが＜野生児＞と呼べるほど実に生き生きとしており，なぜ英国特殊情報部長官(SOE)に成り得たのか分かった気がした。写真について<研究>の中でおいおい紹介していく予定。

III. コーワン製紙工場のあったPenicuikにて

   マクヴェインのお墓に行く前に，エジンバラ郊外ペニキュックのロジャーさんと研究の打合せ。ここは岩倉使節団が訪れたコーワン製紙工場があったとこ ろで，そのコーワン家はマクヴェインの妻の生家でもある。ロジャーさんの自宅に近づくと，目に日章旗が飛び 込んでき て，私をこんなに歓迎してくれる人がいることに大感激。岩倉使節団が訪れた時もここに日章旗がはためいていたのだろうか。日本スコットランド技術交流史に関するとてもすばらしい打合せができ，ロジャーさんと抱擁して別れる。

IV. Obanのマクヴェイン墓地

C.H.氏からマクヴェインのお墓の場所は聞いていたが，探すのは大変だった。オバーンの町の博物館で聞いたら墓地まで歩いて15分ほどだよというのに，30分歩いても着かない。小雨が降り出し，ロンドンで買ったカーディガンがしだいに重くなる。やっと到着し，墓地内の四阿でしばし雨宿り。おおよその位置しか聞いておらず，広大な墓地でなかなか見つからない。また雨が降り出し，帰ろうかなと思った矢先に偶然見付けた。マクヴェインは二男アレクサンダーの 葬儀に際して，自らの家族用の墓を用意したようで，一番上に二男の名前，その下にマクヴェイン夫妻，さらに結婚しなかった子供たちの名前が刻まれていた。翌日，マル島を経てアイオナ島まで行き，マ クヴェインの生地を訪問した。よくまあ，こんな島から極東の日本までやってきたもんだ。今回多くの方にお世話になり，近々マクヴェ イン調査の成果は東京あたりで講演発表します。

V. Visit to Iona via Mull Isleアイオナへ

オーバンからフェリーに2時間ほど載り、マル島の港に到着。そこからさらに2時間バスに揺られて島の最西端Finnphortへ。日に数便あるフェリーの時間にあわせてアイオナ巡礼者のためのバスも運行されていた。この道すがら、キルモアが遠望でき、アーガイル候から借りてマクヴェインが終生暮らしたキルモア邸を見たいと思った。しかし、途中下車すると、今日中にオーバンまで帰れなくなる。Finnphortの船着場からまたアイオナ島行きフェリーが出てて、巡礼者たちは乗船時間を待つ。

VI. アイオナ修道院と司祭館

アイオナ島側の船着き場に到着すると、見えている目的地に向かって歩くだけでよい。コルンバ･ホテルの前を通って、修道院へ。コルンバ・ホテルは、もとはドナルド･マクヴェインが牧師館Manseとして建設した建物で、ホテルの支配人はそのことを知っていた。宗教革命時に放棄されていたが、19世紀に入り復興運動が進み、セルテック･キリスト教聖地のアイオナで牧師を務めることは大変名誉なことに違いなかったが、子供たちにとってはどうであったのだろうか。ここは孤島と云ってもいい。

修道院にはスコットランドの諸王の棺が納められていた。ロマネスクからゴシックにかけての建築で、修復工事が進んでいた。ヨーロッパ建築史にとっては大事な建物であり、もっと見たかったが、今回、ゆっくりしている時間はなかった。あとで調べてみると、あのマクベスの棺もここにあることがわかった。

VII. Autobiography自伝

(1) Colin Alexander McVean, Celtic Monthly, December 24, 1898

  Colin Alexander M’Vean, oldest son of the late Rev. Donald M’Vean, Minister of Iona and Ross, and his wife, nee Susan M’Lean, of the family of the M’Lean of Ross, passed his childhood at his father’s manse on the Island of Iona.

Mr. M’Vean was educated in Edinburgh, and choosing the profession of a civil engineer, completed his studies as a pupil of Mess. McCallum and Dundas, of the leading firms of engineers in that city.

   In 1861, Mr. M’Vean received an appointment under the Hydrographic Office, and served some years on the Admiralty Survey of the Hebrides, under the orders of the late Admiral Otter, C.B., latterly having charge of a detached portion of the survey.

   On the completion of this work he proceeded to Turkey, having received an appointment on the engineering staff of the Varna and Rustchuck Railway in Bulgaria, and served in this work from the commencement of the preliminary surveys until the completion of the railway.

   Bulgaria, at that time a Turkish province, was in a very backward and disturbed condition, infested by bands of armed brigands, consequently the British engineering staff had to be armed, and to carry out their work under the protection of armed escorts furnished by the Turkish Government; skirmishes with the brigands occurred on several occasions, besides isolated attacks.

   Mr. M’Vean was also for a short time engaged on Government railway survey in Wallachia, and was present in Bucharest during the revolution in 1866, when the Hompodar, Price Couza, was removed from the throne and the present ruler - now King Charles I. - invited to occupy it. Serious disturbances occurred in the Capital at this time.

   The Illustrated London News of the day published an account of the disturbance, and sketch of the scene in the streets furnished by Mr. M’Vean.

   On Mr. M’Vean return from Turkey he was appointed in the spring of 1868 by the Board of Trade, acting on behalf of the Government of Japan, one of three engineers (Messrs Brunton, M’Vean and Blundell) to go out to that interesting country to superintend the erection of lighthouses and generally to instruct the Japanese in engineering and surveying operations. In 1870, He was appointed Surveyor-in-Chief of Japan, and was engaged during rest of his stay in the country in organizing the Government Survey Department, and carrying out detail survey of Kioto and Tokio, the ancient and modern capitals.

   When Mr. M’Vean arrived in Japan, the revolution which abolished the Tyconate, and restored the Mikado to full power was in progress and much fanatical hatred of foreigners existed chiefly among the Samurai or hereditary of the classes of all ranks, and among murders attacks were made on foreigners. This rendered travelling or residence in the inferior extremely unsafe, and until the revolution came to an end, and order was again restored all work in the interior was carried on by the foreign engineers under the protection of a n escort of native solders. During this time, even in Tokio, the capital, Mr. M’Vean’s house was furnished with a permanent guard, and in working or riding out, he was always attended by the two mounted men of Bete Gumi Guard, who were responsible to the Government for his safety.

   In addition to the survey, Mr. M’Vean had for a time charge of the architectural and buildings offices of the Public Works Department. At this time, the staff under his charge numbered about three hundred in all including ten European assistants, the remainder native surveyors, and a corps of cadets, some of Japanese officers, being educated fro the work.

   He also established a complete Government Meteorological Office, containing in addition to the usual instruments, a set of seismographs for registering time and duration of earthquakes, and other phenomena relating to them. Japan being specially subject to earthquake, some of the most violent and appalling description, excellent opportunities are obtained for studying them. On leaving Japan Mr. M’Vean received the thanks of the Government for his services.

   Mr. M’Vean has thrice visited the United States and Canada where he has many relations, and travelled extensively in these countries, visiting, among other places, the district in Upper Canada where the majority of emigrants from his father’s parish had settled, and meeting there many old friends; he was greatly pleased to find nearly all of these people in a flourishing and prosperous conditions. He also visited the great Sioux Indian reservation in Dakotah and spent some weeks with the Indian, afterwards furnishing sketches and an account of the tribe to the London Graphic at the time of the Indian rising which occurred on this reservation shortly after his visit, when some severe fighting took place between these Indians and the United States troops.

   After his wanderings Mr. M’Vean returned to his native country and settled down at Kilfiniche, Island of Mull, which he rents from the Duke of Argyll. He has represented his native parish in the County Council of Argyll since 1889, and is a J.P. for the county, and last year received the Diamond Jubilee Medal from Her Majesty for service in the Royal Body Guard for Scotland.

  Mr. M’Vean married in the year 1868. Mrs. M’Vean is a daughter of the late Alexander Cowan, Edinburgh, owner of the extensive paper mills in Valleyfield, near Edinburgh, founded by his father about 1770. In 1811, the mills were temporarily acquired by the Government as barracks for the French prisoners of war, many being confined there, and numerous deaths occurred among them. Mr. Cowan afterwards erected a handsome monument to their memory, which still stands overlooking the valley.

   Mr. M’Vean’s old son, Donald, following the profession of many of his ancestors, entered the army through the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, and is now an officer in the Indian army (45th, Rattray’s Sikhs), and served on the N.W. Frontier during the late war while attached to the 21st P.I., for which he receives a medal and bar.

   Mr. M’Vean’s oldest daughter is married to J.H. Gubbins, C.M.G., one of the Secretaries of Her Majesty Legation in Tokio, Japan. Alexander, second son of Mr. McVean, is in the Hudson Bay Company’s service, and presently stationed at Fort Chimo, Ungavo, the company’s most northern post in Labrador. His youngest son is still a student.

【解題】

「略伝"Little Journal"には来日前と帰英後の活動に触れている。以下にまとめる。

1868年5月 コーワン製紙工場主の長女と結婚した。

1876年1月 解雇に際して、明治政府から感謝状が贈られた。

1876年3月 帰路は太平洋経由をとり、アメリカ合衆国に移住した親戚知人を訪ねる。

1878年3月、チェシャーの領地管理人となり、そこで家族とともに3年間を過ごす。

1881年3月 アーガイル公がマル島に所有するKilfiniche別荘を借用し、家族と生活する。長男ドナルドは王立陸軍学校を経て、インドに駐留中である。長女は駐日大使館書記官の一人であるガビンズと結婚する。次男アレクサンダーはハドソン・ベイ社に勤める。最も年少の息子はまだ学生である。

1882年、カナダのノバスコティアに住む親戚を訪問し、その後、ダコタ(Dakotah)を含むインディ アン保留地に滞在する。

1889年？月 教区代表から、J.P.に任命される。

1895年？月 王立警護隊の任務に対しヴィクトリア女王50周年記 念メダルを授与される。

(2) Little Journal, Griffis' Collection, Rutgers University, 1908.

   Colin Alexander McVean, oldest son of the late Rev. Donald McVean, Minister of Iona and Ross in Argyllshire, passed his childhood at his father’s manse on the Island of Iona, celebrated as the spot chosen by St. Columba, in the sixth century for the establishment of his monastery and mission to the them semi-barbarous clams in Scotland.

   Mr. McVean was educated in Edinburgh, and choosing the profession of a civil engineer, completed his studies as a pupil of Mess. McCallum and Dundas, of the leading firms of engineers in that city.

   Mr. McVean left Edinburgh in 1861, and served for some years on the Admiralty Survey of the Hebrides, under the orders of the Admiral Otter, C.B., latterly having charge of a detached portion of the survey. On the completion of this work Mr. McVean received an appointment on the engineering staff of the Varna and Rustchuck Railway in Bulgaria, and was also for a short time engaged on Government railway survey in Wallachia, and was present in Bucharest during the revolution in 1866, when Price Couza was removed from the throne and the present ruler, now King Charles I invited to occupy it. Serious disturbances occurred in the Capital at this time and the palace was for a day in possession of the Mob.

   On Mr. McVean return from Turkey he was appointed in the spring of 1868 by the Board of Trade, acting on behalf of the Government of Japan, one of three engineers, Messrs Brunton, McVean and Blundell, to go out to that interesting country to superintend the erection of lighthouses and generally to instruct the Japanese in engineering and surveying operations. Mr. McVean was appointed Surveyor-in-Chief of Japan in the Spring of 1870, which appointment he held until the breaking out of the Satsuma Rebellion forced the Japanese Government to curtail in all departments except that of war and marine, all expenditure, not absolutely necessary the consequence being that owing to the service reduction of the annual grant to the survey Department operations came practically to an end. The same result happened in the other branches of the Office of Public Works, nearly all the foreign heads of departments, and the majority of their foreign assistants having to leave the country at this time, Mr. McVean on resigning his office, received the thanks from the Government for his services extending over a period of eight years.

   When Mr. McVean arrived in Japan, the revolution which abolished the Tycoonate, and restored the Mikado to full power was in progress and much fanatical hatred of foreigners existed chiefly among the Samurai or hereditary of the classes of all ranks, and among murders attacks were made on foreigners. This rendered travelling or residence in the inferior extremely unsafe, and until the revolution came to an end, and order was again restored all work in the interior was carried on by the foreign engineers under the protection of a n escort of native solders- the foreign settlements being protected by small detachments of the troops of the European nations chiefly interested, and of those of America who were landed for this purpose, and removed when a responsible government able to protect life and property was again fairly established.

   Since the close of the revolution of 1867 and 1868, great progress has been made by Japan in the adoption of modern scientific inventions as applied to works of utility.

   Lighthouses have been erected where most required under the superintendence of Mr. Brunton, late chief of the Department, the lanterns, lenses, and all requites of being in the for instance constructed in this county under the superintendence of the Messrs Stevenson of Edinburgh and sent out to Japan. Until his appointment as Surveyor-in-chief, Mr. McVean assisted in this work.

  So quick are the Japanese to learn, that with the exception of the lenses several of the lighthouses last built were entirely constructed by the natives, and will compare favourably with those on our own coasts. Mr. Blundell was transferred to the railway department, to assist in developing a system of railways that has already made considerable progress.  

   Thus the original staff of three engineers appointed by the British Government have been instrumental in developing three important branches of the public works of Japan.

   While Mr. McVean was in charge the Survey Department, he was commissioned by the Government to go to England to procure the necessary instruments for carrying on a great survey. A most complete and valuable set of instruments was procured for the Government at the time, including a two foot theodolite, transit instrument, compensated steel was for measuring a base line etc, made by Messrs Troughton and Simms of London, also complete set of meteorological instruments by Bassella and earthquakes, being frequent and severe at the times in Japan, seismographs were procured in Naples for registering the force, duration, direction, etc of shocks. The seismograph was invented by Professor Palmieri of Naples and one is used by him in the observation on Mount Vesuvius. They very rindly took special interastion in the instruments ordered for the Japanese Government and personally superintended their construction. In fact the makers of all these instruments took special care that they should be the very best that could be produced.

   In addition to the Survey Department, Mr. McVean had for a time charge of the Building Office of the Public Works Department.

   The staff numbered in all on an average nearly three hundred men, about for young Japanese gentlemen being trained as Government Surveyor and ranking as cadets in the service, about sixty trained native surveyors, nine foreign engineers and surveyor, one architect and one secretary two teachers for the badet classes and two foremen of works also foreign. The remainders were native clerks, cashier, etc. During Mr. McVean’s term of office considerable progress was made in the various branches of the works under his charge.

   After much careful exploration, a suitable spot was selected for measurement of base line for the main triangulation of the country. Many trigonometrical stations were erected and observation made. The requirements of the Government, however rendered it necessary to spend much time on detail surveys urgently required for special purposes in different parts of the country. This somewhat interfered with the preliminary work of the geodetic survey, which is to be regretted. A detail survey of the capital Yedo, or Tokei as it is now called, was made to a large scale and finished, also that of Kioto, the ancient capital, and of Osaka, the chief commercial city, of the empire. Several of the settlements set a side by the Government for the residence of foreigners were also surveyed in detail, besides numerous smaller detached surveys called for by the government from time to time.

   A complete meteorological station was established in Tokei and placed under the immediate charge of one of staff – Mr. H.B. Joyner, C.E., chief assistant, interesting results were obtained from the Seismograph in earthquake observations and a complete meteorological register published weekly.

   Part of the buildings of the Engineering College in Tokei were designed and erected under Mr. McVean’s superintendence. These buildings were of brick and were among the first on a large scale erected in so durable material - native building being chiefly of timber. At the time fears were entertained as to the effect of earthquakes on brick and mortar structures and a special design made in order if possible to lessen the danger. The result, so far, has been very safe factory.

   After a time, the architectural work was transferred to another department under Mr. Chastel de Boinville, former assistant in the Survey Office, and the whole time of the staff given to the proper work of the Survey, but unfortunately just as this was fairly organized and established, as already started the Satsuma Rebellion broke out, and absorbed the whole energies and resources of the Government from the time, and the foreign staff of engineers were with regret obliged to abandon a work at once interesting and important. The Japanese staff was reduced to a very few and the Japanese Government has not as yet apparently found itself in a position to resume the work as unhappily interrupted.

   The work, however, has been left in such a state that when the Government sees it can be resumed and carried on without going back over old ground.

At on time great hopes were entertained that the Government would prosecute the Survey with vigour. Mr. R.G. Watson, H.M. Charge d’Affaires in Japan in 1873, refer to this and to Mr. McVean’s work in a paper read before the Royal Geographical Society on 23rd March, 1874.

   Mr. McVean from his position on the survey had exceptional opportunities for exploring the interior of the country, which even yet is only open to foreigners under a limited passport system. He made the ascent of Fusiyama, 12,365 feet high, the highest mountain in Japan – which is an extinct Volcano, tradition says upheaval in one night by a great eruption. Be this as it may, the Mountain is a very remarkable one nearly a perfect cone from base to top. It is held in great veneration by the Japanese, is considered sacred, and many pilgrims repair annually to worship on its summit.

   He also ascended Asama Yama on active Volcano situated about the centre of Niphon, the main island.

【解題】

本文書はラトガース大学グリフィス･コレクションのグループⅠ に収められている。グリフィス(William Elliot Griffis, 1843-1928)は福井藩の藩校明新館と大学南校で教育に当たり、アメリカ合衆国帰国後、日本の近代化に大きな役割を果たした御雇い外国人の記録の収集を企画し、1910年頃、イギリス政府に主要関係者の消息調査を依頼した。グループⅠには、その中で回答のあった帝国大学、測量司、電信寮、そして工部大学校に雇われたイギリス人のものが含まれている。測量司（内務省地理寮を含む)関係者について、次のような回答が寄せられた。

Government Survey Department

Robert Stewart, address Clarewood 43 Arthur Rd, Wimbledon Park, S.W.

Did much of the early practical work, including the first direct “level” measurement of the height of Fujiyama. After leaving Japan, he has been a land surveyor & estate factor – for many yearｓ in Glasgow and were recently in London where he has charge of large estate on which building is proceeding.

Robert’s chief was C.V. MacVean, the first foreign chief of survey department. I think MacVean died 3 or 4 years ago. Stewart would be glad to give you information about him.

R. Stewart married the sister of James, the missionary in Japan. Mr. Stewart is alive and has a family of 5 or 6.

   マクヴェイン配下のイギリス人測量士の中で、ロバート･スチュアート(Robert Stewart)は帰国後も活動を続け、マクヴェインと繋がりを保っていた。グリフィスはスチュアートを通してマクヴェイン家と連絡をとり、『リトル・ジャーナル（これ以降、LJと記す）』を入手したものと考えられる。マクヴェインは74歳の1912年に亡くなるので、先に書いていたAB自伝に若干の加筆を行ったもので、両者にはいくつか事実誤認が含まれている。LJ略伝はグリフィスの求めに応じて日本での活動が若干詳しく、一方AB伝記の方は幼少期と帰国後の生活が多く付け加えられている。

AB伝記の事実誤認とは、測量師長に任命された時期であり、ABでは1870年春、LJでは1870年となっているが実際は日本政府との雇用契約に照らし合わせると1871年9月14日(明治4年7月30日)以降のことである。つい最近、マリーの手紙を読んでいたら、1871年の前半に何度かマクヴェインは東京にでかけれおり、もしかすると山尾のもとで月払いのお雇いになっていたかもしれない(2019/3/5)。後述するように日記が残されているので、それを参考に自らの伝記を正確に書くことができたはずである。もう一つは、マクヴェインは灯台寮雇いを1869年9月に辞め、その後横浜のVulcan Foundryを経営することになっているが、このことについては両伝記とも触れていない。ここでマクヴェインの経歴をマクヴェイン日記と手紙類を解読して年表に整理する。

1838年、アイオナ･アンド･ロス教区担当のドナルド･マク ヴェイン牧師の長男として誕生。

1845年、グラスゴーのグラマー・スクール

1851年、ロンドン万国博覧会の見学{Reference]

{Ref] Journal of First visit to London in 1851.

2d Sept. 1851. Papa Mamma and the whole family, left home to day by the Dolphin Steamer (Captn Mc Killop) the day being fine. - Papa and I bound for London to see the great Exhibition visit Mr Graham’s father at Clapham Common &c &c. Sister Anne to be left at school in Glasgow, and Mamma and the rest to pay a visit to Uncle Colin &c at Kilninver in Lorn. On arriving at Oban we met Uncle Colin who took us all to Kilninver except Papa who remained to attend a Synod the first ever held at Oban. 4th Sept. Mamma, Anne and I came to Oban this evening to join Papa, and left the rest at Kilninver.

1851年、エジンバラのハイ･スクール入学

1856年 土木技師になることを志し、マッカラム･ダンダス事務所に入所[Reference No.3]。

1861年 海軍水路測量局でヘブディーズ諸島の測量に従事[Reference No.4]。

1865年 トルコ支配下のブルガリアのヴァルナ・ルスチック鉄道建設の技術者に任命される[Reference No.4]。

1868年春 トルコから帰国するとともに、日本政府の御雇い土木技師に任命される。

1870年春 日本政府の測量司長に任命される。(実際は 1871年3月?)

187？年 測量機器、気象観測機器、地震計などの購入のために一時帰国

187？年 測量事業の縮小とマクヴェインら御雇い技術者の解雇

1912年 死亡。生前オバーンの墓地に墓石を用意しており、そこに葬られた。

VIII. Family and Decendants (c.1800-1900)マクヴェインの家族

8-1. Parents

(1) FATHER: Reverend DONALD MCVEAN, 1808-1880.

-was born June 28, 1808 in Perthshire Scotland

-1821: living Kinlochscridain with sister

-1836, March 8: married SUSAN MCLEAN Bet.

-1837, Mar 27: Minister to Free Church, Iona and Mull, Iona 7426821, 44,

-1837, Mar 28: Kilfinchen 7007506, 71

-1880, January 16: died in Oban, 4 Cawdor Place

Source 1: Obituary

--REV. DONALD MCVEAN OF IONA. Died January 16, 1880. BY THE REV. D. C. ROSS, APPIN.

   DONALD MCVEAN was born in 1808 in the manse of Ken-more (Perthshire), of which place his father was parish minister. He came under the power of the truth in his youth, and he himself attributed his first saving impressions to "The Jerusalem Sinner Saved;" while the preaching of Dr. M`Donald, Ferintosh, and of Dr. Gordon, Edinburgh, was helpful in the formation of his religious character. 

   He studied in Edinburgh, and was licensed by the Presbytery of Lorn in his twenty-fifth year. In 1835 he was presented to Iona ; and two years thereafter was married to Miss Susan M`Lean, of an old family in Mull, who for forty-three years "was his true and loving help-mate, and by act and word unweariedly forwarded him as none else could in all of worthy that he did or at-tempted." He was evangelical from the outset, and both loved and preached a full-orbed gospel. In the Disruption struggle he had to hold up the banner and fight its battles single-handed against the combined influence of the Presbytery and the landed gentry ; but soon there-after the Lord sent him a mighty coadjutor in the late Mr. Peter M'Lean of Tobermory and Stornoway, when the banner not only stood its ground, but was carried into the surrounding parishes with such success that now, instead of two, there are nine ordained men within its borders. With a young family, he had to bear a more than ordinary share of the hardships incidental to the years following the Disruption. After flitting from one place to another, he got a manse built in Ion; as well as two churches, one there and the other in the Ross of Mull. In that manse he lived for twenty-one years. Then for cogent reasons he sold it, and built another in the Ross of Mull, in which his eldest son ungrudgingly sank a considerable sum of money. It was like tearing the heart-strings to quit the much-loved spot ; but duty demanded the sacrifice, as on the other side of the stormy sound he lived amid a much larger though sparsely-scattered population, which could be worked from the new manse to far greater advantage.

   Outside the Free Church there was no Highland minister more widely known than McVean ; and while that arose, as he with his genuine modesty would be the first to admit, from the fact of his being minister of the " illustrious island," yet, on the other hand, it would be hard to find among all his brethren one more fitted to represent them. Dignified and gentlemanly, affable and social, knowing as none other did the history and topography of the place, and ready to enter eon anion into the subject, possessed too of unusual powers of conversation, and hospitable to a fault, he was much sought after by the lovers of Christian antiquity. In his library were to be found all kinds of books bearing on Iona, many of them inscribed, "With the author's compliments," such as Skene's works, Reeves' "Adamnan," Grahrun's "Antiquities of Iona,"—indeed, the latter rare and valuable work was prepared under his roof. Besides being widely read, he was well versed in astronomy, and loved to communicate his stores to the debating societies of which his own family formed the mainspring; and, indeed, so winsome was the manse influence on the young men, that several of them were animated to fight their way up to the learned professions. This trait of his character remained to the last ; for only a short time ago he wee found deep in one of the "Welfare of Youth" text•books, and on being jocularly reminded that he was rather old to compete, replied that he would be very happy to help any young person preparing for the competition.

   But what lay nearest his heart after all was the salvation of souls ; and perhaps he never spent a happier winter than that of 1875-76, when the Ross of Mull was visited with times of refreshing from the presence of the Lord. He was too infirm to preach during that tempestuous winter, but he showed how near his heart the work lay in securing at great expense the assistance of others ; and I well remember how fervent he was in up• holding their hands, and how happy in dealing with the anxious, and examining the young converts applying for admission to sealing ordinances. He spent the last year or two of his life in Oban ; and when his present able successor was appointed colleague, seemed ready to sing his "Nunc Dimittis." Nor had he long to wait for hie release. Latterly he seemed to pray without ceasing, and his end was peace. His remains lie in the well. known " Reilig Orain," which was dearer to him as the last resting•place of a son of much promise, who died while passing through the classes, than as the sleeping-place of kings. His widow, two sons, and three daughters live to mourn his loss. 

(2) MOTHER: SUSAN MCLEAN, 1808-1886.

-daughter of DUGALD MCLEAN and SUSANNA MCLEOD

-1808, was born in Ardfinaig, just nw of Tirghoil, w of Bunessan

-1883, November 10, died in Cawdor Place Oban

-1836-, lived in Manse Free Church Iona.

*More About SUSAN MCLEAN: Pg 65 Jo's McLean Book

(3) Children of DONALD MCVEAN and SUSAN MCLEAN

i. COLIN ALEXANDER3 MCVEAN, b. Bet. 1838 - December 29 1855, Iona 7426821, 41; d. 1912.

ii. HELEN SUSAN MCVEAN, b. 1839.

iii. ANN CATHERINE MCVEAN, b. Bet. 1840 - December 29 1855, Iona 7426821, 41; m. CHARLES D MENZIE.

iv. SUSAN ISABEL MCVEAN, b. 1842; d. 1843.

v. MARY HELEN MCVEAN, b. Bet. 1843 - December 29 1855, Iona 7426821, 41; m. ALEXANDER MCLEOD; b. Bef. 1835.

vi. DUGALD HECTOR MCLEAN, b. Bet. 1845 - December 29 1855, Iona 7426821, 42; d. 1868.

vii. ISABEL MERRIAM MCVEAN, b. Bet. 1846 - December 29 1855, Creich Iona 7426821, 42 IGI list them under McLean; m. DUNCAN MCARTHUR, October 30, 1876, Free Church Manse Ross of Mull; b. April 22, 1839, Iona 7004702, 21.

viii. ARCHIBALD ARTHUR MCVEAN, b. Bet. 1848 - December 29 1855, Iona 7426821, 42.

ix. DONALD HECTOR MCVEAN, b. December 29, 1855, Iona 7426821, 42.

SISTER (1) HELEN SUSAN MCVEAN, 1839

SISTER (2) ANN CATHERINE MCVEAN, 1840-, married to Charles D. Menzies

SISTER (3) SUSAN ISABEL MCVEAN, 1842

SISTER (4) MARY HELEN MCVEAN, 1843-, married to Alexander McLeod.

SISTER (5) ISABEL MERRIAM MCVEAN, 1846-, married to Duncan Mcarthur

BROTHER (1) DUGALD HECTOR MCLEAN, 1845-1868-studied at the University of Edinburgh

BROTHER (2) ARCHIBALD ARTHUR MCVEAN, 1848

(4) Relatives in Mother's side

Rev Neil McLeod brother of Armourer Swordale Dunvega m Margaret dr. Rev Arch McLean of Kilfinichen

1. Rev Alex McLeod DD Born June 12 1774 Ardchrishinish Brolas In 1792 sailed Liverl to USA . Bec minister of Reformed Presbyt ch of America

wid Mary Anne Agnes Sp 16 1803

They had A Rev Jno Neil McLeod D.D.

B Jane Elizth d young

C Margaret Ann who became Mrs Johnson

D Wm Norman graduated [Pen..ia] University 1834

E Mary Flora d 1832

other child died young

The above named

A Dr Jno Neil McLeod succeeded his father as minister N Yk in Jan 14 1833. He was married & had a son Alexr born in [..hilo] 1833

2 Mary Tobermory died 1852 remembered Dr Johnson

3 Susanna wid. Capt Dugald McLean [added in pencil] downed

They had A Janet d young

B Margaret d unmarr

C Hector Neil d unmarr

D Susanna who in 1837 married Rev. D. McVean Iona

E Donald William b 1819 to Australia 1839 & married Catherine eld dr. of Finlay Mcdonald of Ellentin N.S.W.

They had

a Hector Neil

b Dugald John who marrd with issue

c Francis John m & issue

d Wm Pender m in USA.

e Neil Finlay m & issue

f Susan Catherine

g Archibald Alexander

Donald Will (died ?) in 1875

D The above Susanna & her husband Rev. Dr. McVean had

a Colin Alexander CE

b Annie Catherine (Mrs Menzies)

c Susan Isabella d young

d Mary Ellen Mrs McLeod

e Dugald Hector d young

f Isabella Merriman Mrs McArthur

g Archibald Arthur (Uncle A)

4 Ann who m Cap Hector McVean of 93rd regt.

They had A Margaret Burnet who marrd Geo Grierson of Aberfeldy 6 child

B Lauchlan Allen to USA 1862 Killed Missouri 1864 Mexic War. Had one son who had 1 daughter Hope

C Mary Sibella m Rev Dr. Duncan Blair of Nova Scotia They had Ewen, Thomas, Margaret, Lauchlan, John. Mrs B. died 1882 Dr B d 1893

5 Colonel Norman McLeod Military Command N of Ireland

6 Colonel Donald fell in the Peninsular War

7 Flora who was in Aberdeen.

(5) Marriage

･Antenuptial Contract of Marriage Between Colin McVean Esqr. C.E And Miss Mary Wood Cowan. 1868

Counterpart (Adjudication Account 120 /68) Menzies & Coventry WS

C.A. McVean, Mary Wood Cowan

Campbell Douglas    Witness

Archibald Constable Witness

(6) Children

1st Daughter: Helen Brodie, was born March 22 1869, Yokohama, A daughter who married J. H. Gubbins, C.M.G., Japan, and died 1922.

・駐日大使館書記官ジョン･ガビンズと結婚した。

1st Son: Donald Archibald Dugald, born July 22 1870, Yokohama, who entered the Army, and died 1937.

・インド植民地陸軍に配置された。

2nd Daughter: Susan McLean, was born 15 MAR 1872 in Japan, and died AFT 1915.

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3rd Daughter: Mary Isabella, born July 17, 1873 in Edinburgh, died AFT 1915.

・ベラは企業家/政治家のTheodore Cooke Taylorテーラーと結婚した。

2nd Son: Alexander H. Gillies, born December 27 in Tokyo, who entered the service of the Hudson Bay Company, and died AFT 1915.

・ハドソン･ベイ会社勤務

4th Daughter: Flora Ann Phoebe, December 27, 1875 in Tokyo, and died AFT 1948.

・フローラは軍人のHugh Bixby Luardルアードと結婚し、子供にJohn McVean Luardが、孫にNicholas Luardニコラス･ルアードがいる。彼はジェームス･マクヴェインというペンネームで『血の臭跡』を執筆

2nd Son: Colin Arthur Campbell, was born 15 FEB 1877, and died 30 OCT 1884.

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5th Daughter: Elizabeth Josephine, was born 5 MAY 1878, and died AFT 1915.

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3rd Son: Norman Niel George Cowan, was born 11 JUL 1880, and died 2 JUL 1922.

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6th Daughter: Iona Janet Lucretia Catriona, was born 7 Nov 1881, and died AFT 1948.

・末娘のアイオナもまた軍人のヒューストンと結婚し、孫のコリン･ヒューストンからこの調査で大変な便宜尾を頂いている。

IX. Childhood and School

(1) IONA and the Manse

Copy Tack

Between The Duke of Argyll And The Revd Donald McVean 1844

Croft called Ballemore for 19 years after Whity 1845

James Dalgleish W.S.

   It is Contracted agreed and ended Between the parties following vizt John Douglas Edward Henry Duke of Argyll Marquis of Kintyre and Lorne &c &c on the one part and the Reverend Donald McVean, Iona on the other part in manner following That is to say the said Duke has set and in consideration of the Tack duty and other prestations and under the reservations after mentioned hereby sets and in tack and assedation lets to the said Donald McVean and his heirs and assignees All and Whole that croft or piece of land commonly called Ballimore at present possessed by the said Donald McVean being part of the Island of Iona lying in the Island of Mull and Shire of Argyll, under the special reservation to the Minister serving the cure at the church or chapel of Iona in connection with the established church of Scotland and his successors in office of the privilege of grazing one horse and two cows on the said croft during the whole currency hereof, and that for the period of nineteen years from and after the term of Whitsunday Eighteen hundred and forty five, and from thenceforth to be peacably occupied and possessed by the said

(2) Visit to the 1851 London Exposition

Journal of First visit to London in 1851.

2d Sept. 1851. Papa Mamma and the whole family, left home to day by the Dolphin Steamer (Captn Mc Killop) the day being fine. - Papa and I bound for London to see the great Exhibition visit Mr Graham’s father at Clapham Common &c &c. 

Sister Anne to be left at school in Glasgow, and Mamma and the rest to pay a visit to Uncle Colin &c at Kilninver in Lorn.

On arriving at Oban we met Uncle Colin who took us all to Kilninver except Papa who remained to attend a Synod the first ever held at Oban.

4th Sept. Mamma, Anne and I came to Oban this evening to join Papa, and left the rest at Kilninver.

HISTORY OF CHRONOLOGY with Special Reference with IONA

1804 Old Parochial Register begun for lona, recording marriages and baptisms.

1818 John Keats visits lona. 1820 Visit of Revd Legh Richmond who donates first library books.

1822 Paddle-steamer the Comet sails from Fort William to Staffa and lona.

1828 Parish Church and Manse built, to Thomas Telford design >>>> Amazing!!!!

1835 Record of deaths begun in Old Parochial Register.

1835 Royal Commission on Religious Instruction, Scotland records highest documented population total for lona, 521.

1841 First nominal national Census, 496 on lona.

1843 Disruption of the Church of Scotland; lona minister Revd Donald McVean comes out to from Free Church congregation.

1846 First year of the potato famine.

1847 1847 Rents raised 50% in lona; start of Estate-assisted emigration, mostly to North America, and at least 100 leave the island.

1847 Royal cruise of Hebrides; Prince Albert lands on lona, but Queen Victoria remains on board.

1848 Public road built from Sligineach shore to Machair.

1848 Letting of first farm, Culbhuirg, formed from 5-6 former crofts to Duncan MacPhail of Torosay in Mull.

1849 Barlow sails for Canada from Greenock; 52 lona people on board.

1850 First proper slipway built at Port Ronain, part of public works programme following potato famine.

1851 Population 337 at Census.

1851 Receiving house for mail set up in village with Archibald MacDonald as first postmaster.

1852 Marmion sails for Australia from Liverpool; 31 lona people on board, assisted by the Highland & Island Emigration Society.

1858 Graveslabs in Reilig Odhrain rearranged into two ridges.

1861 Population 263 at Census.

1865 Guy Mannering shipwrecked off Machair shore.

1866 Mull and lona Association formed in Glasgow.

1867 Cottage in village built up to become Argyll Hotel.

ST. COLOMBA HOTEL, HISTORY from the website

1846

The original building was the Free Church Manse constructed in 1846-47 and occupied by the Rev. Donald McVean and his family. The architect was Rowan Anderson who supervised the first restoration of the Abbey in 1874. The Duke of Argyll did not renew the lease and on the 9th May 1868 the following advertisement appeared in the Oban Times: "Island of Iona. Notice of house to let&quot;. Two public and six bedrooms. Well adapted for the accommodation of travellers. Well worthy the attention of persons accustomed to the management of inns or lodging houses. There is a walled garden well stocked with fruit trees, and some parks with grazing, if required, can be added."

[Remarks]

--I found the contract of the Lease of Land btw the 7th Duke and Donald McVean, and the specification of the manse building. Architect was not Rowan Anderson. Robert Rowand Anderson was an architect for the restoration of old abby.

IONA in the 19th Century from The Naked Clansmen on Mull & Iona 1700-1860 by Ian McPhee, 2020.

The Disruption' A momentous turning point in Scottish history occurred on 18th May 1843 at the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, which was held at St. Andrew's in Edinburgh.

On that day the leader of the Evangelical ministers, Dr. Chalmers, led 190 dissenting ministers attending the Assembly out onto nearby George Street, where thousands of people waited in anticipation.12 After walking to a rallying point not far from the church, Dr. Chalmers, joined by over 400 ministers, signed a 'Deed of Demission', separating them from the established Church of Scotland and forming a new church called the 'Free Church of Scotland'.

It was called Free because by relinquishing all state support, it was not beholden to government. This event became known as 'The Disruption'. The Disruption was the climax of a 10 year conflict that saw 474 ministers out of a total clergy of 1,203 leave the established church.13 In the Highlands, few clergymen joined the new church. Less than a quarter of the Church of Scotland ministers in the huge Synod of Argyll, which included places like Mull, joined. The vast bulk of the clergy that formed the Free Church of Scotland came from the Lowlands. The reaction of the clergy throughout the Highlands stood in stark contrast to the ordinary worshipper. In the Western Isles, about 90% of congregations, mostly rural in nature, joined the Free Church. In the Lowlands parishioners in urban centres like Glasgow and Edinburgh supported it." About 40% of all parishioners joined the new church. The Rev. Donald Campbell was still the parish minister responsible for the Ross of Mull district at this time. Like many others, he had no manse but received an allowance of £42 annually in lieu, had a glebe of 70 to 80 Scotch acres, and a healthy stipend on which to support himself. He remained as the Church of Scotland minister for the parish of Kilfinichen and Kilviceuen until 1856.

36. Rev. Donald McVean, the Church of Scotland minister for the Parish of Iona 1835 - 1843 and Free Church of Scotland minister 1843 - 1878.15

   There was a great deal of excitement among the local parishioners when The Disruption occurred, to see who would join the new church. One of the first to declare himself as a Free Church minister on Mull was the minister of Iona, Reverend Donald McVean.16 No matter what the denomination, in places like Mull, clergymen had to put up with primitive conditions. Parishes were large, and travelling in muddy conditions was difficult. Manses were often not provided and church buildings and facilities were usually poorly maintained by landlords. Ministers were reliant on their patron (landlord) for an income, a place to live and a place to preach. It was no bed of roses being a minister in the new church. Free Church ministers were denied the most basic of conveniences and suffered considerably for the stand they took. Men strongly committed to their cause risked the loss of their homes and livelihoods. The Free Church clergy did not have churches in which to conduct their services or to train in, so local houses became places of worship and study, and in extreme cases, services were held in the open. They did not receive a salary, manse or glebe from a wealthy patron, so they all made a significant financial sacrifice. The Rev. Donald McVean, his wife and young children, were forced to vacate the manse on Iona and find accommodation in private homes as best they could. With the 7th Duke of Argyll opposed to the new church, worship had to be conducted on the island in a gravel pit below the high water mark. Eventually the 7'h Duke of Argyll permitted another church and manse to be built on Iona at Martyr's Bay in 1845. Years later the Free Church congregation funded construction of a new manse for Donald McVean at Achaban overlooking Loch Potee on the Ross of Mull, but still within the quoad sacra parish of Iona? The new manse was next to an ancient standing stone. To fill Donald McVean's position, the established Church of Scotland appointed the Rev. Alexander MacGregor to the quoad sacra parish of Iona, so that the parish then had two ministers. On Mull, the Free Church of Scotland appointed the Rev. Duncan Fergusson as its minister in the parish of Kilfinichen and Kilviceuen. He lived in the northern part of the Ross at Tiraghoil. Free Church parishioners worshipped on the Ross of Mull in a building at Monachuich, about 3 miles (4.8 km) west of Bunessan.'8 One member among the Campbell nobility who did embrace the Free Church of Scotland was John Campbell, the 2'x' Marquess of Breadalbane. He donated money so the new church could build a ship to transport its ministers to remote areas throughout the islands and Highlands of Scotland. The church had a 30 ton schooner rigged vessel built (which is one characterised by having fore and aft masts of the same height), made of oak. To recognise the Marquess' generosity, it was called The Breadalbane. The ship had a captain's cabin, an aft cabin where meals were served, two cabins to accommodate ministers and a main cabin with two benches for additional passengers and where acts of worship could take place. It was not a large sailing vessel, but it was a sturdy, safe one, manned by a religiously devout captain and a crew of four, which could carry six church ministers to spread the word of God primarily to the underprivileged and neglected souls around the Hebrides. Generally speaking, the skilled people in the community such as the school teachers, joiners, millers and other reasonably educated people so often taken for granted by the ruling elite, joined the Free Church. The split in the Presbyterian Church affected many individual families. Members and branches of the same family took different sides and that caused considerable unhappiness in some communities. Like many other Gaelic people in the Western Isles, it was during those turbulent times that the majority (and probably all) of those living in the Braighcreich crofting community became members of the new branch of Presbyterianism called the Free Church of Scotland. The Disruption precipitated the demise of the parish state. History went on to vindicate the change sought by the Evangelicals, as parliament repealed the Patronage Act in 1874.19

NOTES 1. 1841 Census, Quoad Sacra Parish of Iona, District of Creich. 2. Jonas, L and Milner, P, 2002, A Genealogist's Guide to Discovering Your Scottish Ancestors, p. 111. 3. New Statistical Account, Parish of Kilnichen and Kilviceuen, p. 307 and 308. 4. New Statistical Account, Parish of Kilnichen and Kilviceuen, p. 309. 5. Walker, J, and McKay, M M, 1980, The Rev. Dr. John Walker's Report on the Hebrides of 1764 and 1771, Edinburgh, Donald, J, p. 20. 6. Anon, ROMHC, Discover the Ross, p. 35. 7. Flume Brown, P, 1995, Scotland A Concise History, p. 320. 8. Lynch, M, 2001, Oxford Companion to Scottish History, p. 172. 9. MacLeod, J L, 2000, The Second Disruption, The Free Church in Victorian Scotland and the Origins of the Free Presbyterian Church, p. 2. 10. The Banner, 23"' January 1841, Aberdeen Newspaper. 11. Lynch, M, 2001, Oxford Companion to Scottish History, p. 172. 12. Lynch, M, 2001, Oxford Companion to Scottish History, p. 91. 13. Keay, J & J, 1994, Encyclopaedia of Scotland, p. 230. 14. MacLeod, J L, 2000, The Second Disruption, The Free Church in Victorian Scotland and the Origins of the Free Presbyterian Church, p. 3. 15. MacArthur, E M, 2002, Iona the Living Memory of a Crafting Community. 16. MacArthur, E M, 2002, Iona the Living Memory of a Crofting Community, p. 242-3. 17. Cameron, J S, 2013, A History of the Ross of Mull, p. 315. 18. Anon, The Stool of St. Ernan Church Creich, Isle of Mull Centenary 1899-1999, p. 6. 19. Hume Brown, P, 1995, Scotland A Concise History, p. 321.

X. John Gubbins and Helen Brodie

(1) Hugh Power Nepean Gubbins was born 1894.

(2) Una McLean Gubbins was born 1895. 

(3) Colin McVean Gubbins was born 1896 in Japan, and died 11 FEB 1976 in Stornoway. 

(4) Marjorie Mary Gubbins was born 1898. 

(5) Helen Ruth Martin Gubbins was born 1900.